今回紹介するのは、ニューヨーク近代美術館で開催中の「Bodys Isek Kingelez: City Dreams」。コンゴ民主共和国出身のアーティスト、ボディス・イセク・キンゲレス(1948-2015)が遺した都市模型を展示している。
「高層ビルのない街は死んでいる。存在していない街だ」。自身を〈デザイナーであり、建築家であり、彫刻家であり、エンジニアであり、アーティスト〉と表現したキンゲレスは、「医者や警察がいらない平和な理想都市・ユートピア」をつくった。「都市模型のない国は、生きている国ではない」。故郷のキンシャサ(コンゴの首都)やアフリカの未来の都市を描くとともに、都市の発展や経済的不平等、コミュニティや社会の機能性などを追求した。紙やダンボール、パッケージ、プラスチック、カン、ビン、金属くずなどのリサイクル材料で模型をつくるあたりに、都市のリサイクル、循環を思い描いたキンゲレスの想いを感ぜずにはいられない。

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Congolese, 1948–2015
Untitled
c. 1980
Paper, paperboard, and other various materials
32 15/16 × 14 7/8 × 9 5/8″ (83.6 × 37.8 × 24.5 cm)
Private collection, Paris
On Loan (Incoming)

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Congolese, 1948–2015
Paris Nouvel
1989
Paper, paperboard, and other various materials
33 7/16 × 24 × 27 9/16″ (85 × 61 × 70 cm)
FNAC 981003
Long-term loan from the Centre national des arts plastiques, France
to the Château d’Oiron, France
On Loan (Incoming)

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Congolese, 1948–2015
Stars Palme Bouygues
1989
Paper, paperboard, and other various materials
39 3/8 × 15 3/4 × 15 3/4″ (100 × 40 × 40 cm)
van Lierde collection, Brussels
On Loan (Incoming)

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Congolese, 1948–2015
Africanisch
1994
Paper, paperboard, plastic, and other various materials
19 11/16 × 22 7/16 × 24″ (50 × 57 × 61 cm)
Private collection, Paris
On Loan (Incoming)

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Congolese, 1948–2015
U.N.
1995
Paper, paperboard, and other various materials
35 13/16 × 29 1/8 × 20 7/8″ (91 × 74 × 53 cm), irreg.
CAAC – The Pigozzi Collection, Geneva
On Loan (Incoming)

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Congolese, 1948–2015
Kinshasa la Belle
1991
Paper, paperboard, and other various materials
24 13/16 × 21 5/8 × 31 1/2″ (63 × 55 × 80 cm)
CAAC – The Pigozzi Collection, Geneva
On Loan (Incoming)

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Congolese, 1948–2015
Sports Internationaux
1997
Paper, plastic, and other various materials
35 7/16 × 33 7/16 × 9 13/16″ (90 × 85 × 25 cm), irreg.
Purchased 2013 with funds from Tim Fairfax, AM, through the
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation. Collection
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
On Loan (Incoming)

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Congolese, 1948–2015
Nippon Tower
2005
Paper, paperboard, plastic, and other various materials
26 3/8 × 13 3/8 × 8 11/16″ (67 × 34 × 22 cm), irreg.
Courtesy Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels
On Loan (Incoming)

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Congolese, 1948–2015
Place de la Ville
1993
Paper, paperboard, plastic, and other various materials
15 3/4 × 33 7/16 × 29 1/2″ (40 × 85 × 75 cm)
Courtesy The Museum of Everything
On Loan (Incoming)

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Congolese, 1948–2015
Ville de Sète 3009
2000
Paper, paperboard, plastic, and other various materials
31 1⁄2″ x 9′ 10 1⁄8″ x 6′ 10 11⁄16″ (80 × 300 × 210 cm)
Collection Musée International des Arts Modestes (MIAM), Sète,
France
On Loan (Incoming)

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Congolese, 1948–2015
Kimbembele Ihunga
1994
Paper, paperboard, plastic, and other various materials
51 3/16″ × 72 13/16″ × 10′ 5″ (130 × 185 × 320 cm)
CAAC – The Pigozzi Collection, Geneva
On Loan (Incoming)

Image via MOMA Press Kit、展覧会では、キンゲレスが設計した街を探索できるヴァーチャル・リアリティ体験も提供している。

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Image via MOMA Press Kit、ボディス・イセク・キンゲレスのポートレート。

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